The comic mocked the Republican's exploratory committee announcement video — a direct-to-camera affair with a casual but coiffed Romney talking about his vision for the nation — on his show. Then he tweeted the video and asked, in a posting first noticed by the Salt Lake Tribune, "Are @MittRomney's new campaign ads TOO sexy or just sexy enough? You be the judge."

Team Romney fired back: @TeamCoco Loved the video. Sounds to me like @ConanOBrien has hair envy #Mitt2012". Never one to leave the last word to someone else, the flame-haired talk-show host responded, "Hey, @mittromney busted me for having hair envy. Imagine how jealous I'll be if Trump runs."